US military to invade, occupy Second Life
Over the next thirty to forty-five days you might, if you’re one of them Second Life avatar dudes, that likes to go populate islands within Second Life, you will find an Army island in Second Life.
Well, then.
#1 by JuJutsu on December 4th, 2008
The army has never had to deal with Prokofy Neva before….
#2 by Sheepherder on December 4th, 2008
Is it just me or does that quote read like a keylogger post on the WoW forums?
#3 by Morgan Hardy on December 4th, 2008
Four million “young” people who regularly access SL?
You -have- been oversold.
#4 by Bri on December 4th, 2008
The potential for bad jokes is almost too much to resist…
#5 by Arrakiv on December 4th, 2008
I’m inclined to agree with Bri, on this one. I can’t even pick which one to go with…
Still, I can’t b entirely shocked by this news. Heck, the army developed a game for recruiting, why not set up shop in an existing online world?
#6 by kildy on December 4th, 2008
Does Don’t Ask Don’t Tell extend to furries?
#7 by Walter Yarbrough on December 4th, 2008
“Four million “young” people who regularly access SL?
You -have- been oversold.”
QFT
#8 by dartwick on December 4th, 2008
How the Army deal with an influx of middle aged women and male sex addicts?
#9 by Njal on December 4th, 2008
” How the Army deal with an influx of middle aged women and male sex addicts?”
I dunno they’re pretty desperate right now…. they might just sign em up.
#10 by hkedi on December 4th, 2008
We had to DoS the server in order to save it…..
#11 by J. on December 4th, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/nov/23/reuters-quits-secondlife
The only thing worth reading from Reuters about SL was Warren Ellis’ column about what a freakshow it all was.
#12 by Dan Gray on December 5th, 2008
I remember when one of the software dev. chaps I work with checked out second life. He booted it up and within about 10 minutes was recieving rather… exotic messages.
Poor guy didn’t know quite what to do.
#13 by Joe on December 5th, 2008
Doesn’t the Army’s recruiting policies preclude the majority of SL’s inhabitants from joining in the first place?
#14 by Prokofy Neva on December 8th, 2008
I don’t know if I’m banned already or they just didn’t open up the island yet because it says “You cannot teleport to this region”.
I plan to protest their age discrimination, they only hire up to age 41.